Couch.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1996. v

J. L. HBFFNER.

GOUCH.

'APPLICATION FILED Nov.17, 1904.

STATES PATENT Ge ICE.

'Specication of Letters iyateifit.

Patentedaan. se, 190e.

Application filed November 17,1904. Serial No. 233,115.

To a/ZZ wil/m it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LxHnFFNnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Couches; and I do hereby dec arethat the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, which will l enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to couches which have removable or detachable mattresses or cushions. i

The object of my invention is to rovide av couch with a removable or detacha le cushien or mattress wherein the 'said mattress or cushion may be easily and readily removed and easily and readily replaced.

My invention has for its further object line'ans for holding and fastening the said re- 'vent-ion, a portion-being cut 4away to show details of construction. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the preferred method `of fitting and fastening the mattress or cushion to the frame of the couch.

Similar figuresrefer to similar parts throughout the several views.

- In couches of the usual construction it has been a common practice tol make the mattress or cushion fixed to the body or frame of the couch or fastened or fixed to a framework supported by and made apart of the body or frame of the couch.` .y

In myinvention I secure advantages over couches of the above nature 'and construetion, inasmuch.A as a couch with a removable mattress\is easier and more convenient to clean and repair, issimpler and more substantially constructed, and possesses the ad- -vantage' of being easily converted into a cot.

The base l of the couch may be ofany suitable construction fand-is kprovided with the cross-strips 2 or other suitable means whereby the usual springsare supported. These `springs are not shown in Fig. `1, the upper` ortion of one being shown at 3 in Fig-2.) pon the top of these springs and secured thereto is a yielding er flexible framework ,4, over which may be stretched a duck, canvas,

springs on the top and sides. This covering is not necessary in carrying out the principle i of my invention, but is provided as a protection for the springs and to prevent wearing of the parts that would come in contact therewith. This yielding or iieXible framework 4 5 forms a fiat upper surface to the couchframe, which said upper surface I shall hereinafterrefer to as the top ofthe couch-frame, and upon this said top of the couch-frame the movable or detachablel mattress or cushion rests and by it is supported. The top of the couch-frame is elevated, by means of the springs 3, some distance above the base 1 of the couch, so that lthe whole top of the couchfranie is a yielding surface. l

' Around the top ofv the. couch-frame is a .raised edgeS, which fits into a cut-out place 9 on the mattress is'not necessary in all cases, inasmuch as many mattresses are of such elasticity and yielding .nature that theywill, because oftheir own weight, be depressed by `the-raised edge 8, and thereby form a socket, wherein the raised edge Willfit. When lnecessary, I provide further means for securing the mattress to thefranie upon which it restsrsuch as buckles l() on the couch-frame and straps on the mattress, as at ll of Fig. 2; the said straps and buckles so arranged that 'each strap on the mattress fastens to a correwhile a drapery l2 may be suspended from and fastened around the mattress of the couch, so as to hang over and conceal the buckles and stra s from view.

It is evident om the foregoin@r description that many ehangesand modifications illustrated without. departing from the spirit 'of my invention. The raised portion or portions ony the top of the couch-frame, with which. the mattress or cushion conforms and by which itis held-in position, herein shown the margin of the top of the couch-frame, may be ifferently arranged thereon and differently constructed. It may take the yforni 'of transverse, longitudinal, or other irregu or other suitable covering 5 to inclose the.

on the springs 3 with or without the coveringy around the edge of the lower surface ofthe mattress or cushion 7. This ,cut-out place 9 y spending buckle on the frame of the couch,

and described as a raised padded edge around can be made in the structurey specified and l larly-arranged raised portions and may be 4constructed of any material or edected in any Way that Will not noticeably interfere with the flexibility and yielding nature of the top of the couch-frame.

The provision of further means for securing the mattress or cushion to the supporting-frame, such as the straps and buckles shown, is not in many cases a necessity, as the Weight ofthe mattress or cushion onthe raised portions which I provide on the top'of the'couch-f'rame will suffice to hold it place, and in such cases these Jfasteners Will e done away with. However, twhen required, other equivalent means can be substituted for thel straps and buckles. Consequently, since my invention is capable of so.

many various modifications, I have shown and described a structure embodying my lidea and contemplate such changes from the structure shown as are not a departure Afrom the spirit of my invention'.

Having thus fully described my invention,

` what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters mattress supported upon Ithe said at surface and-conforming to the said-raised ed e.

3. The combination of a suitable. ame, a

loose mattress or cushion supportedon thev said frame, a raisededge around the supporting-surface ofthe said frame, a'depression in the said'mattress or cushion in which the said raised edge is socketed, and means for de- 'tacliably securing the said mattress or cushion on the frame. i Y

4. In a couch, the combination with a suitable base and springs thereon, of a iat surface formed on the springs, araised portion around tlievedge of the` said flat surface, a

mattress supported upon the said iiat surface and-conformin to the said raisededge, and

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fasteners for etachably securing the Asaid mattress on the said-frame.

5. The combination of Va couch-frame, a

raised padded portion around the edge of the uppersurface of the said couch-frame, and a removable mattress supported thereon and conforming to the said raised padded ortion. YTi'. The combination of a suitable rame, a

' loose mattress or cushion support-ed on the said frame, a'raised edge'around the su porting-surface of the said frame, and a epression in the mattress or'cushion in which the said raised' ed e is socketed.

7. The com iii-ation of a couch-frame with' raised padded portions on-the top thereof, a

removable mattress supported =on1the said couch-frame, depressions in the said reniovable mattress at the places Where it contacts with the aforesaid raised padded portions of the couch-frame, and fasteners for securing the said mattress in position on the said couch-frame.

8. The combination of a couch-frame, a detachable mattress supported thereon, raised padded portions on the top of the couchframe, corresponding depressions in the aforesaid mattress, into Which the said raised 4portions ofthe couch-frame fit, and fasteners on the couch-frame and the mattress to secure the said mattress-to the couch-frame.

9. The combination of a couch-frame, a detachable mattress supported thereon, acutout portion around the lower edge of the mattress, a triangular or V shaped padding fas.

tened around the edge of the to of the couch- 'frame, straps on the said detac able mattressand buckles on the said couch-frame, substantially as and for the pu oses specified.

10. The combination Wit a couch-base of springs said s rings, a raised padded portion on the top-o the'spring-covering, a cut-out portion lon themattress supported upon the said spring-covering, the said cut-out portion of t e mattress to vfit onto the said raised padded portion on the spring covering, and

means to fasten-the said lmattress to the covering of the springs.

. 11.. The combination With a couch-base of springs supported thereon, a yielding 'frame fastened to the top ofthe-springs, a iiexible covering drawn and fastened over the said frame and inclosing the springs, a trian ular or V shaped padding around the edge o the upper surface of the said covering, a mattress supported upon the sai'd covering, the said mattress having a cut-out portion around the edge of the o covering, straps on the said mattress and buckles on the said coveringand a drapery hangin over the said straps and buckles, sub-i stantia 1y as specified.

12. The combination of a couch-frame, a

Wer surface to fit the trian-` gular or V shaped padding on the aforesaid supported thereon, a covering for the raised padded edge around the upper surface of the said couch-frame, a loose mattress suported on the said upper surface, and conormiiig toy the saidraised padded edge and fasteners for securing the said mattress in p'osition on the couch-frame.

13. In a couch, the combination With a suitable base of'a spring-surface upon which a'removable or detachable mattress or cushion is supported, a raised edge, about the said s ring-surface, upon which the said remova le mattress or cushion rests When in position, and to which that portion of the mattress or cushion in contact therewith coni 14.' Ina couch, the combination of afraine,

med abovmid mme, wmvable mamon l In ,testimony whereof I beve ammi my onyiiallrfdinglexalrfactga 1:(11 etlllge llgld signature in presence of two Witnesses. yi ",s ace@ tooxtec 'on' Y 1n place thereon, en' ebend fastened to ami JOHN L 5= depending fromfthe seidA raised edge, and. Witnesses adapted to cover'. the f zpzme` between the W V. TEEN,

yieldingfand the supporting-frame. Edam MQGILEB. 

